[Fot] Al-Fin Drums

[John Hasty]

What happens in the rain with all those holes?

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> On Mar 5, 2014, at 1:20 PM, "Marcel Van Mulders"
<van.mulders.marcel at telenet.be> wrote:
>
> Years ago, Moss Europe was selling Alfin drums with radial fins, only good
> for looks but not for racing.
> Now, Moss is selling Alfin drums with circumferential fins, just like the
> factory option : these are very strong and longlasting in racing. I made a
> big hole in the backplate (1.5") and a row of 1/3" holes in the drums. I
> believe these holes are a great help for cooling by air circulation inside
> the drums
> Marcel, Belgium
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] Namens
> davehogye
> Verzonden: woensdag 5 maart 2014 16:39
> Aan: Todd Redmond
> CC: Triumph 'Friends of Triumph
> Onderwerp: Re: [Fot] Al-Fin Drums
>
> I think that I removed almost a half inch of material off to clear the
> backing plate. The drums were inexpensive and had Centric packaging. I
could
> get the part number if need be.
>
>
> Dave H.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Todd Redmond" <alfetta95 at optonline.net>
> To: "John Styduhar" <johnstydo at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Triumph 'Friends of Triumph" <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 6:57:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Al-Fin Drums
>
> Yep! That's the loving i meant.
> Thanks John.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Mar 5, 2014, at 9:51 AM, John Styduhar <johnstydo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> II think the loving that Todd was talking about is to enlarge the
>> Z-car drum's center hole slightly to slip over the axle hub and to
>> machine the outside lip of the stock TR brake backing plate to fit
>> into the recess between the drum's steel lining and the aluminum
>> casting around the perimeter of the drum. That worked for me.
>>
>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Robert M. Lang <lang at isis.mit.edu> wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I was putting together a list of "Stuff" for a possible new Triumph
>>> racer and I noticed none of the usual places (US suppliers) have
>>> al-fin drums listed now...
>>>
>>> Anyone care to comment on availability?
>>>
>>> We're talking 9" drums for TR6 and probably TR4.
>>>
>>> I saw them on the Brit sites, but not on the US web sites.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> rml
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